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Old 20th January 2009, 22:50
G-CPTN G-CPTN is offline  
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Originally Posted by BigRigSteve View Post
Folks who drive trucks with an automatic are not truckers....but rather, "steering wheel holders" only. <G>
I wasn't referring to 'fully' automatic (though I have driven an Allison - DDAD 8V-71 38 ton 6x4 plus drawbar - great fun, especially on skidpans), but automated shift.
Anyway in my time all big trucks were crash-boxes - synchromesh was for little local delivery trucks only.
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